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The Compromise of 1850 was established by Henry Clay as a way to settle the disputes over slavery. With the addition of California as a free state as seen on the map, the balance of free and space states were disrupted. (Doc 1)  Debates erupted among the North and South; from this, sectionalism increased. These added tensions led to the beginnings of the Civil War.

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The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Henry Clay where California was admitted as a free state and divided the Mexican Cession into two (New Mexico and Utah). It gave California popular sovereignty, where citizens could vote for slavery within or without the state. The slave trade was banned in D.C, however, California had to adopt and enforce the fugitive slave acts. Document One shows the territories and their positions during the time of the Compromise of 1850. The document shows the southern slave states and the northern free states, followed by states that were open to popular sovereignty. This compromise caused tension between the north and south as both had different perspectives on slavery. Slavery was the main underlying cause that led up to the Civil War.

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The Compromise of 1850 map depicts the free and slave states after the Compromise of 1850 (Doc 1). California is shown as a free state and Utah and New Mexico are open to choose whether they want to be free through popular sovereignty. The Democrats and Republicans were willing to compromise over the feud about slavery  in California and divided New Mexico into Utah and New Mexico territory. However, the Compromise of 1850 was a factor that led to the Civil War because it made an uneven division between the amount of free states and the amount of slave states. The end of the slave trade in D.C angered the South and wanted them to fight to keep slavery which led to the Civil War

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Sam Pickel and Seth Wheeler
As western expansion increases the amount of new territory opened up for new statehood.The map of the compromise of 1850 showed the increased sectionalism by creating more free states and slaves states. (Doc 1)It also opened up New Mexico and Utah to popular sovereignty. The increase in sectionalism created tensions between the slave and free states.

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this map illustrates the opinions of each state on the topic of slavery. California wanted to be added to the U.S officially as a free state. This enraged the southerners because they believed this would undo the balance of slave states to free states, therefore leading to many arguments between the north and south.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 separate bills passed by the United States congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican-American War. The Compromise of 1850 map shows the split of free or slave states/territories during the time (Doc 1). The Compromise admitted California as a free state and did not regulate slavery in the remainder of the Mexican cession all while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act leading to the Civil War.

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The Compromise of 1850 map demonstrates the period of time where Henry Clay’s compromise was passed in the US, which included the introduction of California as a free state in the US (Doc.1) This ultimately caused tension between the North and South because it upset the previous balance held between the free and slave states with the Missouri Compromise.

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Liam and Andrew
The map of the Compromise of 1850 showed which states were free and slave states(Doc 1). It was also about how the Northerners were discontented with the Fugitive Slave Act. This caused between tension between the South and the North because the North did not agree with slavery and the south agreed with slavery. There were also tensions between California being a free state and New Mexico being a slave state because it would upset the balance between free and slave states.

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The Map of the Compromise of 1850 proposed by Henry Clay (Document 1) shows how Congress decided what states would be slave states or free states and determined how to admit new territories while keeping the balance between slave and free states .
It changed the balance between free and slave states, which increased tension in Congress. Which led to increased feelings of sectionalism. Which sparked the Civil war between the North vs South

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Compromise of 1850, talks about the current conversation of the split between slave states and free states(Doc.1). The map shows how after America received the California and Nee Mexico, it broke up the equal tie between free and slave states and brought up the conversation of whether new states should be consider free or slave. This also led to the idea of popular sovereignty which allowed the people that lived their to decide for themselves

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The map of the compromise of 1850 portrays how it created conflict between the north and south. Because of the fugitive slave law and by making california a free state. the north did not want to aid the south in obtaining slaves and this angered southerns, sparking the idea of succession.

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The map of the compromise of 1850 shows salve and free states (Doc 1). California was being admitted as a free state and Utah and New Mexico territories were being given the choice of wether to be slave or free. This introduced the idea of popular sovereignty. Southerners didn’t like the option of popular sovereignty because they felt it was threatening the idea of the Missouri compromise and increased sectionalism. Sectionalism led to both the South and the North to feel superior to each other and eventually led to the Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law Notice created in 1851 alerted free people of color to be aware of the dangers surrounding them, including kidnappers who would attempt to force them back into slavery for a reward (Doc 4). The Fugitive Slave Notice contributed to the already large tension between the free a North and enslaved South, as free slaves had paranoia of being forced back into slavery. In addition, The Fugitive Slave Notice created a loop hole through the in tact act, The Fugitive Slave Law, which called for free slaves to be captured and sent back to their owners. This warning angered the southerners, creating yet another factor leading to the civil war.

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The Fugitive Slave Law notice of 1851 depicts an example of handbills that were spread to warn runaway slaves of being captured from policemen and watchmen in many major northern cities (Doc.4). These types of handbills were spread when the Fugitive Slaw Law was adopted which enforced all citizens to return slaves who escaped from southern plantations. Although the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced, northerners resisted but not returning slaves and even helping slaves hide from the harsh realities of slavery in the south. This betrayal of the Fugitive Slaw Law created tension between the North and South since the North did not abide to the compromise of slavery leading to the Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law Notice warns people of color to be aware of their surroundings and law enforcers that were looking to capture fugitive slaves and return them to the South (Doc 4). After the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, fear was provoked among free and escaped slaves, because they would always have to keep their papers on them and avoid the police so they would not get caught and sent back to the South. The North created “personal liberty” laws to counter the fugitive slave law that they were against. The Fugitive Slave Law angered the North that opposed slavery because they would have to return slaves to the South even though they did not want to which led them to fight in the Civil War.

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The notice warns African Americans about the Fugitive Slave Law (Doc 1). Northerns were now required by law to report escaped slaves to authorities so that they could be brought back to their owners in the South. Many people in the North, including abolitionists, did not want to abide by this law because they saw African Americans as people rather than property. This angered Northerns and added onto the existing conflicts between the North and the South which later lead to the Civil War.

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The Fugitive slave law was passed and in action to please the South in the Compromise of 1850 (Doc.4). The Fugitive Slave Law Notice wanted to alert runaway slave about the new law, which the author, who was most likely an abolitionist, believed it was unjust. This law displayed the moral wrongness of slavery to northerners, which led to increased antagonism towards The South, leading to more sectionalism and eventually to The Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law, a part of the Compromise of 1850, was enacted to return runaway slaves back to the South. Many Northerners opposed the idea of slavery and made many efforts to protect African Americans from being captured. In northern cities such as Boston, abolitionists published notices to warn the colored (Doc 4). Meanwhile the South supported the Fugitive Slave Law; this caused disagreements between the sections which led to the Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law Notice of 1851 was designed to warn people of color about the new role of a white citizen as a “slave catcher” due the newly enforced Fugitive Slave Act (Doc.4) . Posters were hung in Boston as an attempt to advise people of color in the North to be careful and watch out for police officers and watchmen. This led to widespread opposition of the South as many Northerners were against the enforcement of this act. This later led to Civil War as the North and South failed to agree on the issue of slavery and whether or not it should be enforced.

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The Fugitive Slave Law displays a warning for free and escaped African Americans from the South by urging them to avoid Police Officers and Watchmen(Doc 4). Freed blacks would have to carry documents to prove their freedom to avoid being sent back to the South. This eventually led to the Civil War because the North was strongly against the Fugitive Slave Act because they wanted to end slavery. However the South wanted to preserve slavery in order to keep their cotton dependent economy. These disagreements eventually led to the Civil War.

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The Compromise of 1850 forced Northern police officers to capture and kidnap any free and escaped slaves and send them back to the south for slavery.The Fugitive Slave Law Notice was the North wanting to warn free and escaped slaves about these Laws. (Doc 4) The north didn’t appreciate this because because they didn’t want slavery to spread therefore forcing them to pass liberty laws defying the Fugitive Slave Laws. The South, who were pro slaves and thought of them as property, saw anti slave laws as a violation of their Constitutional right and thus participated in the Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law Notice warned all runaway slaves in the Northern states that they must be returned to their masters by law (Doc. 4). This forced all citizens of the north hiding runaway slaves to return them back to the south. This caused tension between the North and South because Northerners opposed slavery, while the south thought slavery was vital.

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The Fugitive Slave Law notice from 1851 warns people of color in Boston to distrust the authority due to the Fugitive Slave Law (Doc. 4). The Fugitive Slave law was created along side  four other laws in the Compromise of 1850. This law forced Northerners to return fugitive slaves to the South. Northerners, many of whom were opposed to slavery, refused to abide by this law enacting liberty laws that allowed people to break this law. This met opposition by the South for not abiding by the law. This tension between the North and South over the Fugitive Slave Law would become one of the factors that would lead to the Civil War.

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The Fugitive Slave Law notice describes that African Americans who were captured in the North would have to be returned to the South by the law enforcement. This law led to the wrongful capture of many free African Americans from the North. The Northern abolitionists found this law unfair to the African American popularition. This caused tensions between the South and North to rise. As a result, many conflicts and arguments broke out leading to the Civil War.

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the fugitive slave law notice of 1851, shows the infuriation of the north (Document 4). During this time the north are petitioning for the stop of the advancement of slavery. The southerners were not happy with this, they believed that have the constitutional rights to own slaves. This led to abolitionist to speak up and revolts like john brown raid on Harpers Ferry to occur.

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Elena Seth & Peter

Historical situation:) Around 1850 tensions between the north and south due to policies about slavery were at a high. To save the union Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas embarked to create a compromise to appease both the north and the south. The compromise of 1850  shown in document one added California as a free state, created the fugitive slave law, allowed for popular sovereignty in all western  territories and banned slags trade in Washington. This created an increase in sectionalism due to the fight between the north and south about the spread of slavery into the western territories that gained the right to popular sovereignty.